Patents Assigned to BioChar, LLC
  • SYNTHETIC COAL AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SYNTHETIC COAL FROM FERMENTATION RESIDUE
    Publication number: 20110271588
    Abstract: Synthetic coal, methods of producing synthetic coal, produced from fermentation residue, such as the residue from ethanol production, by subjecting the fermentation residue to hydrothermal carbonization in an aqueous solution at a temperature and a pressure sufficient to form a synthetic coal solid and a liquid component. The solid synthetic coal component has a low ash content and may be used as a carbon source for energy production, such as for combustive thermal energy generation, or for gassification for the production of synthesis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: BioChar, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick J. Schendel, Marc von Keitz, Kenneth J. Valentas, Lindsey Jader, Steven M. Heilmann